The 44-year-old model and TV personality is reportedly “taking time apart” from the 31-year-old art curator, People reports.

“They’re taking time apart right now,” the mag reports. “Things have been difficult recently, they live on opposite coasts. And it’s the start of a school year and Heidi has to concentrate on the kids.”

Earlier this summer, Vitospoke out against photos of him kissing another woman, saying he and Heidi were “happier than ever.”

Heidi and Vito began dating in 2014 after she and Seal filed for divorce.

There were rumors that Heidi and Vito may have split up last month when it appeared as if he was caught kissing another woman. Here’s what Heidi said in response to the photos that spread online and prompted cheating rumors.

Vito Schnabel, Heidi Klum‘s boyfriend of over three years, is speaking out to explain photos that emerged of him appearing to kiss another woman.

The 30-year-old art dealer was photographed in the back of a taxi with a female friend in the early morning hours of Friday (June 23) in London, England.

Vito explained to People that it was an “innocent situation” and a source told the mag that he and Heidi, 44, are “happier than ever.”

“The claims that have been made are a misinterpretation of an entirely innocent situation,” Vito said in his statement. “There is nothing more to this than I was simply saying goodnight to a family friend and we went on our separate ways.

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